Fans Deem Shaunie O’Neal ‘Messy’ as She Appears Unbothered Amid Lozada-Roman Feud

Shaunie O’ Neal is catching heat from fans as she appears unbothered by the ongoing beef of “Basketball Wives” cast mates Evelyn Lozada and Tami Roman. O’Neal, who is the ex-wife of Shaquille O’Neal, is also the executive producer of the VH-1 reality TV series.

Lozada and Roman have been going back and forth after Roman commented on Lozada’s ex Carl Lawford’s Instagram posts about his artist Megan Thee Stallion. Roman only left a comment with an emoji sign of the horns in which Lozada responded:  “You avoided me all season because you didn’t want me to EXPOSE all of your lies, but you have the nerve to be on my son’s father’s page.”

Roman and Lozada went head-to-head on Instagram calling each other toxic, among other insults. O’Neal did not intervene in the two rivals’ feud. However, O’Neal’s nonchalant demeanor did not sit well with fans on social media.

The boss lady posted a photo on Instagram with her stunna shades on with nature taking over the background. In her caption, she wrote: Down by the river.

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Some fans took the photo for what it was complimented her outfit and simple pose.

“Dope outfit.”

“Class act 💯🔥.”

“Actually, go ahead and send me this jumper sis 🤣🤣🙌🏾.”

What seemed like such an innocent post had other fans of “Basketball Wives” coming at O’Neal for minding her business.

“When you start chaos and just sit in there background.”

“messy and miserable 😩.”

One user admits that she likes the television personality, but says that O’Neal is a “flip-flopper like Cynthia” from “Real Housewives of Atlanta.”

O’Neal was definitely not the fan favorite in this situation, but from looks of her Instagram post, she doesn’t care and will forever be unbothered by pettiness that has nothing to do with her. Fans hope O’Neal will address the beef between Lozada and Roman on the next season of “Basketball Wives.”

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